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The Dane County Jail is an all adult inmate facility. The Dane County Jail is a medium-security facility in Madison, Wisconsin.

The Dane County Jail received and released inmates daily. Most of the inmates have either just been arrested or they are going through their trial.

The Dane County Jail serves the entire county. The Dane County Sheriff’s Office is the agency responsible for overseeing the day to day operations at the Dane County Jail.

All inmates in the Dane County Jail are over the age of 18. No juveniles will be brought here.

Inmate Search

If you need any information on an inmate, you better grab your phone. The Dane County Jail does not have its inmate roster online.

What does that mean for you?

That means you will need to get in contact with the Dane County Jail. If you need information, you will need to call them directly and supply the inmates name and the inmate’s date of birth.

If the Dane County Jail administrative part is closed and you need information on an inmate right away, get in contact with the Dane County Sheriff’s Department.

Sending a Mail/Care Package

Looking to keep an inmate spirits up while they are in the Dane County Jail? You can send them a letter. Inmate’s love receiving letters.

Letters can be sent to the Dane County Jail. All incoming and even all outgoing mail will be examined by the Dane County Jail prison staff.

You should know that you need to follow the mail guidelines to the letter. If you fail to follow the mail guidelines that is set forth for you, your mail will not reach the inmate and will be discarded or sent back to you.

Sending Money

Inmates, while they are in the Dane County Jail, will need funds to purchase items from the commissary or to fund their phone account.

There will be two ways you will be able to deposit money into an inmate's account.

The first way is to go down to the Dane County Jail. This will only work if you are local to the facility. You will need to have a money order in hand. The Dane County Jail will not accept cash or checks.

The second way is to mail a money order to the Dane County Jail, if you do not live in proximity.

Keep in mind that money orders should be made out to the Dane County Jail and have the inmates name on it.

Phone calls

The Dane County Jail contracts with the CityTeleCoin for their phone service.

To ensure the inmate can call you, you will need to create an account. You will also need to put money on their phone account.

You will be responsible to keep funds in the phone account. If the account runs low or out of funds, the inmate will not be allowed to make any more phone calls home.

All calls from the Dane County Jail will be limited to 15-minutes and the calls will be monitored and recorded.

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